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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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